Drapery hook



April 28, 1931- R. 1.. DEIBNER ET AL DRAPERY HOOK Filed Jan. 28, 1950 gwoantow ROBERT 1. DEIBNE/P A VEFF/LL' 5MITH attomwq Patented Apr. 28, 1931 v UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ROBERT L. DEIBNER AND AVERILL SMITH, OF SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS DRAPERY HOOK Application filed January 28, 1930. Serial No. 424,107.

This invention relates to drapery hooks, and an important feature of the invention will be found to reside in the means by which the hook may be attached to a drapery of 6 any character without the aid of stitch ng or other extraneous fastening devices, with the result that the hook may be applied in a highly expeditious manner without the possibility of creasing or soiling the drapes. Another advantage of the invention will be found to reside in the means by which the hook is balanced on its support so that the heading of the drape to which the hook is applied is held in ail-upright position and canting thereof, as is common to the headings of many drapes, inhibited.

An important structural feature of the invention will be found to residein the fact that the lower attaching bill for connection with the drape is arranged in overlapping relation to both an open attaching hook and what might be said to be an upper billcarrying arm to eo-operate actively with these parts in holding the device in place on the drape.

The invention also provides a drapery hook which is of highly simplified construction, reliable in use, and comparatively cheap to manufacture.

Other objects and advantages will be ap parent during the course of the following description.

In the accompanying drawing forming a part of this application and in which like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the same,

Figure 1 is a rear elevation illustrating the application of a number of the hooks,

Figure 2 is a perspective of the hook,

Figure 3 is a side elevation illustrating the application of one of the books, the curtain being shown in vertical transverse section.

Figure 4 is a detail sectional view through the drapery hooks taken on the line 4-4 of Figure 3 looking in the direction of the arrows illustrating the arrangement of the arms relative to one another.

In the drawing wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown a preferred embodiment oi the invention a single length of round suitably stout wire from which the ii'nproved hook is formed, is shown to have the intermediate portion thereof doubled to define two parallel closely arranged sections of U-shaped formation to provide an open attaching hook 5 by which the device may be mounted on a drapery or curtain rod 6.

In carrying out the invention, the portions of the wire between the terminal portions thereof and the hook 5 are extended in opposite directions to form upper and lower straight arms 7 and 8 respectively, it being illustrated in Figures 1 and 3 that the arms are adapted to he more or less flatly against the rear surface of the drape 10.

The outer terminal portions of the upper and lower arms 7 are formed with return bends defining oppositely directed bills 12 and 1-1 respectively. ()1? course the bills are pointed or sharpened at the ends thereof for penetrating engagement with the inner told of the material forming the drape ll). It is shown in Figure 3 that the outer told of the drape 10 conceals the upper and lower bills and in tact, conceals the entire hook from the view of one standing in front of the drape or at one side of the same.

It is important to observe that the lower bill 14 in addition to having the intern'iediate portion thereof bowed or of serpentine formation for retaining engagement with the inner fold of the drape, has the pointed end portion thereof in overlapping relation to the lower portion of the arm 7 and the inner branch of the U-shaped hook 5 to cooperate efl'ectively with both of these parts to avoid shifting of the adjacent portion of the drape and consequent disarrangement of the same. In further alluding to this major part of the invention, it is pointed out that the upper terminal of the bill 14 has the effect of binding the adjacent textile material against the lower portion of the arm 7 and the contiguous portion of the hook 5.

In summarizing, it will be seen that the oppositely directed arms 7 and 8 extending above and below the level of the rod 6 have the effect of holding the upper portion or heading of the drape straight or in line with .with 'the aid of the hook,- c g It is to be understood that the form of the lower portion-of the-drape, it being noted in this connection that the term heading has particular reference to that portion of the drape above'the level of the rod- 6.- I

From the foregoing it willbe apparent that the improved hook maybe applied to drapes without the aid of such fastening devices as stitching Separate. Pins" and I consequently, the hook may. be applied ina highly expeditious and convenient manner,

these features being of an order of importaneewhich might be said to equal the im- 4' portance of the appearance ofthe hook itself,

drapery hung and-the ornamental effect of invention herewith shown and described is to be taken merely as a preferred example ofthe-same and that such minor changes in arrangement and construction of parts may be made as Wiil remain within the spirit of the invention and the scope of what is claimed.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:

In a draper hanger, a body formed from a single lengt of wire having the intermediate portion thereof formed with a return bend doubling the thickness of the wire, the intermediate portion of the wire also being formed with a hook for engaging a drapery rod, one thickness of the wire being formed with an abrupt return bend at one terminal of said hook, and the other thickness of the Wire being continued straight from the hook, thereby defining upper and lower arms, the terminal portions of said arms being formed with return bends providing upper and lower bills, the lower bill being in overlapping operative relation to the lower portion of said upper arm and one side of said hook to co-operate with these parts in forming a material gripping means located between the ends of the hook and contiguous to the central portion of the hanger.

In testimony whereof we afiix our signatures.

ROBERT L. DEIBNER. AVERILL SMITH. 

